Clarion 1978-02-17 Vol 53 No 15

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THE CLARION Bethel College Vol. 53, No. 15 February 17, 1978
Exchange reveals chief premise of flat-fee structure:
New structure encourages fuldme 'moder student
Last Monday afternoon about
150 students filled the AC Lounge
floor and gallery to meet with
academic Dean George Brusha-ber
and Student Affairs Director
Mack Nettleton. The issue: the
proposed flat fee tuition struc-ture.
The questions: twenty for-mally
designed and submitted by
the Student Senate, others posed
singly from the floor.
At one point, Dean Brushaber
summarized his expectations of
the Senate-sponsored forum:
"Frankly, I've been troubled by
conversations with some people
who have been so determined to
discover flaws with the compre-hensive
fee, have been so on the
offensive against it that they've
latched onto arguments both good
and bad. It's my hope that
through the forum we can discri-minate
between the good and bad
arguments, recognizing that for
some people there will be difficul-ties
with the flat fee; recognizing
that and attempting to ameliorate
those problems while at the same
time coming to a clearer under-standing
about some things that
are not problems."
The following is a transcription
of that two-hour process, derived
from a recording the Clarion
made. It is condensed, but true to
the intentions of those asking and
answering the questions.
Will a student lose eligibility
for financial aid under the pro-posed
4-1-2 alternative?
Brushaber: Bethel distributed aid
and federal distributed aid will
not be reduced for those students
enrolled on a 4-1-2. Minnesota
state law requires that students
take at least 3 courses in order to
receive the aid. So the student
who is enrolled on the 4-1-2 will
receive state aid for the fall, but
for the two spring courses he or
she would not receive aid. How-ever,
he or she would not lose
eligibility for that semester of aid
at some other point.
Will the flat fee cause students to
arrange their studies around fi-nances
instead of around curricu-lum?
Brushaber: That's one of the
same arguments that was used
against the per course billing....
Regardless of the curriculum plan
or the billing plan you're under I
expect that finances become a
consideration.
Will we lose our part-time stu-dents,
and is that good?
Nettleton: I don't think it will
cause us to lose those students. It
is not desirable that we lose them,
but we don't build the fee
structure or the curriculum a-round
the exceptions to the rule.
We design them to fit the model.
Brushaber: Empirical research
done in colleges around the
country, suggests that students
mature better, 'get it together'
better, when they have alternate
periods of full-time study in
residence alternating with full-time
periods of traveling abroad,
full-time work, or study at anoth-er
institution. There is not as
much likelihood you will grow and
mature to the maximum if you are
dividing your time in a menial
part-time job, doing minimal
work in an academic assignment.
Frankly, we are interested in
encouraging enrollment patterns
of full-time study, and if work is
necessary, full-time work, when
you are able to earn more, when
you will be able to build relation-ships
which can be used to secure
permanent employment upon
graduation.
Under the flat-fee system, a
student carrying a full load (9
courses) can save $130 over four
years, but is this worth the
change?
Nettleton: A better argument
would be 'if it cost $130 or $250
more, would the increased costs
be warranted?' In our opinion,
the comprehensive fee is a better
system. The fact that it saves
$130 over four years is not the
convincing argument. That hap-pens
to be a fringe benefit.
Does the flat-fee. eacouraaina
students to go full time or 'stop
out' ignore those taking a sequen-tial
curriculum, such as physics?
Nettleton: The suggestion that
people can stop out for a term is
not the principle on which the fee
structure is based, but merely an
alternative for people who want to
carry reduced loads. For the
person having sequential courses,
they could perhaps carry a dif-ferent
kind of sequence, 4-1-2 for
example, where the two spring
courses are sequential. Still, tak-ing
that pattern would reduce
their total costs.
Brushaber: Next fall we will move
more fully into a pattern where
we will have courses in sequence
beginning both in the fall and in
the spring, at least in those
courses -where we've been offer-ing
three, four, or five sections
anyway.
May the new system discriminate
against persons financially inca-pable
of enrolling full-time?
Nettleton: I'm sure you can find
cases where it would and I think
you can find cases where it would
not. It's very possible to demon-strate
the financial advantage is
clearly with people who take
The sale of old campus was
finalized on Feb. 9, regardless of
the legal suit outcome, when a
representative of the Department
of Labor visited the campus to
make official payment of funds.
The campus was sold for a
reported $1.82 million, which,
according to the agreement be-tween
Bethel and the Department
of Labor, will be increased by
more than $100,000 by the sale of
furnishings ($40,000), payment of
all utilities from Dec. 23 to June
1, and advance payment in full
even though the dormitories will
be occupied through commence-ment.
"The interest this earned, to-gether
with payments, will gross
approximately $1.925 million,"
stated a release from the presi-dent's
office. The release also
stated that half of the $1.925
million will be used to retire obli-advantage
of the new system;
who carry full loads and perhaps
alternate with periods of full-time
work. You can also demonstrate
that a person is far ahead in
completing their degree early,
even if they have to borrow
money to do it, get into the labor
force earlier and become full-time
employees earlier.
WM the flat-fee discourage extra-curricular
involvement?
Nettleton: I hope not. (Audience
laughter). Your response to that
indicates you don't understand
the genesis of my hope: Student
Affairs office builds its whole
program around encouraging stu-dents
to be involved in non-class-room
activities. On the other
hand, we don't want to encourage
students to come to Bethel as
part-time students and full-time
extra-curricular participants. Co-curricular
models encourage full-time
students being involved in
these activities. If the focus on the
Christian service, athletic, or stu-dent
government activities has
become so strong that you can't
carry a full load too, the focus is
wrong.
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gations on the old campus and the
other half to provide advance
funding for replacing the dormi-tories
on new campus.
On the other end of the scale,
the old campus neighbors are still
fighting a legal battle to stop the
Job Corps from entering the
Snelling Ave. campus. Ron Rich,
the attorney representing the
neighborhood opposition group,
is the man who knows the direc-tion
of the impending legal battle.
Unfortunately, Rich gives no in-formation
free of charge.
Tom Nord, one of the members
of the Como-Falcon Heights
Community Coalition, Inc., stat-ed
that the suit will go to court
later this month. At this time the
presiding judge will set a trial date
for the suit to begin.
Bob Moder, a leader of the
coalition, said, "We'll fight for all
we're worth to keep the Job Corps
out of here."
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Student protest of flat fee-we're
out to kill the giant
Going on the unfounded assumption that everybody is familiar with
Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," I would like to resurrect one of
his more vivid images. One may (or may not) remember that during the
course of Gulliver's stay on the island of the "little people," he was
attacked with a barrage of toothpick-sized arrows. The story makes the
irony clear: thousands of midgets, no larger than Gulliver's earlobe,
shooting arrows which were no longer than their arms.
They must have felt a great camaraderie, a sense of accomplish-ment.
In fact they must have thought it quite a noble thing to
contribute to the destruction of such a very large giant. All the while,
Gulliver was brushing off their arrows, laughing off their offensive,
much in the same way a ticklish person squirms and squeels, "Eek,
don't do that."
There is a portion of the Bethel student body that is, in the light of
the flat fee proposal, reacting much like a herd of scared pygmies in the
face of a friendly giant. To a pygmy, there is no such thing as a friendly
giant.
In making the administration out to be "student well-being enemy
number one," they are taking shots in the dark out of a state of panic.
This does little for their own cause and only widens the attitudinal gap
between "them and us."
Instead of running panic-stricken in the face of the flat-fee giant, we
would do well to move more cautiously when considering the situation.
Students are labeling the new fee structure as "bad" because it is a big
change, much as the little people assumed Gulliver to be a foe, seeing
that he was indeed a big giant.
It would be a great help to both the Bethel community and
themselves if those students, who while away the hours formulating
picky arguments against the flat fee structure, would more carefully
consider their position, or at least that of the administration. This is not
to say that all arguments against the new fee structure stand
unfounded. But by presenting such a hoard of "my roommate who is a
junior" type examples, the adversaries of the proposal are doing
themselves a great disfavor—hiding many substantial and well-thought
out objections behind a camouflage of poor reasoning.
This, of course, takes place on both sides of the fence. The dean's
list of ten advantages of the flat fee structure boils itself down to no
more than two substantial arguments, which are only flavored by the
sour spice of the remaining eight. This lump of unconsequential,
insignificant advantages, and all the discussion that has circulated
around each of them, has only obscured the precepts that the proposal
is built on, and thus puts off any penetrating discussion.
There is a sense in which we "loving evangelicals" also love a good
fight. After all, we don't get a good fight all that often. I'm not making
Bethel students out to be blood-thirsty warmongers, but rather as a
group of growing intellects who are itching to stretch into "the real
world."
If we can't find time, or don't have the initiative to take part in issue
of real consequence outside of our college community, then we jump at
the opportunity to become involved with an issue that concerns us
directly, inside our community.
We all enjoy feeling important and getting upset. Being really
concerned is one way of getting involved. To be vocal about these
concerns is to satisfy that yearning to be a part of things.
Although the proposed fee structure will drastically affect some
students, the vast majority can afford to take themselves much less
seriously in regards to this issue.
By satisfying our urge to become involved and taking uncalculated,
blind shots at the "flat fee giant," we are only bringing realization to
our attitudes. We are turning him into an enemy that we don't really
need.
Mark Holmes
editorial
Deans respond
to fee structure
continued from page 1
Brushaber: The colleges where I
have previously served have o-perated
with flat fees and have
had well-developed programs of
student affairs apart from aca-demics.
I see no reason why we
would lose or sacrifice them. I
wouldn't for a moment be sug-gesting
the fee change if I
thought we were going to lose
that component.
What about handicapped stu-dents?
Brushaber: It's been our exper-ience
that students who are
physically handicapped often take
4 courses. (at this point, it was
suggested that the deans answer
Senate-posed questions more
quickly to accommodate those
from the floor; but Brushaber
later returned to this issue.)
We've tried to check on those few
handicapped students at Bethel,
and didn't find any who took only
one or two courses. They often
put us to shame with their
determination not to be treated as
exceptions. But we're available to
make adjustments in cases where
it's necessary.
Would the retention rate be
affected?
Brushaber: We anticipate the
retention rate would probably go
through a period of fluctuation for
a year or two then settle down to
about where it is now.
Would the new system discour-age
study at other schools within
enrollment at Bethel?
Brushaber: We're not designing a
program that would encourage or
favor that, but it would not elimi-nate
students who desired to take
their courses at the University.
Under the 4-1-2 arrangement, a
student could recover enough
money to just about pay for two
courses at the U...I' m not inter-ested
in encouraging you to go to
a school where we have no
exchange and no way of assuring
you a quality experience. (Regar-ding
the UMAIE January travel)
Bethel students will pay what
students of other colleges under a
flat fee pay. Under the old
system, those who stayed at home
subsidized those who went a-broad.
Where would the Campus Coord-inator
budget come from?
Brushaber: The money will not be
billed as a special fee, as the $10
charge was this year, but will be
assigned to the coordinators out
of the flat fee. You will not pay a
student activity fee, nor a $5
physical education fee on the flat
structure.
Is it ethical to impose a new fee
structure on all students, even
those who started without the
knowledge that the per course
system was a five-year experi-ment?
Brushaber: Since I came here
just two years ago, I don't know
what was communicated to stu-dents
five years ago. But those
who are seniors next year will
have adjustments provided so
they aren't penalized. Those who
are just short.of that status may
be helped, and a number of us
will be available to aid those who
are pinched by this position. We
have to have some flexibility
there.
Differential pricing, however,
has proven to be inequitable
because incoming students sub-
.sidize upper level classes. Macal-ester
dropped this system.
What about education majors
advised not to take more than
three courses while student
teaching?
Brushaber: That question was
brought to my attention about 2
p.m., and I have it recorded in my
notes for us to study and give you
an answer in a week or so. You
represent a whole class of people
in a similar situation, so there will
have to be an adjustment made.
Other more rhetorical ques-tions
were posed: What about
`empirical studies' indicating that
despite increased responsibili-ties,
married students, for exam-ple,
do better academically? Why
compare Bethel to other schools;
can't we be unique? How does
one measure maturity and
growth?
Frequent reference to several
arguments led to the following
conclusion about the administra-tion's
rationale behind the flat-fee
structure:
1. Empirical studies show a
more mature, well-adjusted per-son
is likely to emerge from a
full-time student, full-time em-ployee
pattern. This model will be
encouraged by the flat fee struc-ture.
2. Very few other schools are on
a per course billing system.
Inquiry at meetings of academic
deans in Washington last week
indicated to Brushaber that our
present system is highly unusual,
probably because it is unworkable
in the long run.
3. The present per course
structure was initiated as a five-year
experiment, and an experi-ment
which lost the college
$100,000 the first year in tuition.
That money has never been
recovered. Aside from that, how-ever,
the system has not proven
to be preferable to the flat fee.
4. The flat fee, even though it
charges the same for students
taking 3 and 4-and-one-half
courses, can be worked to the
financial advantage of even the
needy student.
After two hours, there were
still unasked and unanswered
questions from the floor. There
will be another open forum next
week. Watch for an announce-ment
of the specific time.
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Voice of Calvary president John Perkins:
Christian leader proposes changing of world
by Dave Terpstra
John Perkins, founder and
president of Voice of Calvary
Ministries, will speak in chapel on
Feb. 20 and 21. He is the author
of "A Quiet Revolution" and
"Let Justice Roll Down."
John and Vera Perkins left
California in 1960 in order to get
to the source of the problems that
they saw in the various mini-stries.
Rev. Perkins and his wife
chose Mendenhall, Mississippi as
their base of operations.
They started working in just a
tent, later moving into a store-front
site until their present
facilities could be completely
built. John Perkins witnessed and
preached in the local schools to
the Black children.
Eventually, many Black people
became affected by the witness of
this loving, energetic man of God.
In addition, they were looking for
ways that they as Black people
could help themselves and their
surroundings by the power of
God.
Rev. Perkins thinks it is ironic
that Whites practice extreme
racism and subtle discrimination
(not only in the South), and then
call themselves Christians. The
Voice of Calvary (VOC) members
saw themselves "in the role of
exhorting our White fellow
Christians to repentance and
good works."
Sometimes . situations appeared
to be overpoweringly fearful, yet
the VOC members always turned
to God for His help. Nothing has
worked perfectly. But the grace of
God has blessed them and many
have come to know Christ as their
personal Lord and Savior.
John Perkins viewed his people
much like Paul looked at the
Jews—his "heart's desire and
prayer to God for them is that
they may be saved." He knew
that many were not getting a
proper education or a good job.
The VOC mission helped
people in voter registration, in-tegration,
and small business
co-ops, to supply their needs.
Perkins strategy was, and still is,
a triangle action pattern of
evangelism, political involve-ment,
reconciliation, and redis-tribution.
He said in the 1973 Urbana
Missions Conference that God is
giving them a "New Testament
church. It seems the Holy Spirit is
restoring to us an understanding
of our local church as the replace-ment
of Christ's body in a specific
neighborhood, drawing people
that they might be 'nourished and
knit together through joints and
ligaments' growing with a
`growth that is from God' " (Col.
2:19).
As lights to the community, the
gifts of the Spirit are manifesting
themselves in these individuals—
"building up the body of faith
into a powerful whole." Praise
the Lord that these guerrilla
fighters for God are fighting
strong through the love and
strength of Jesus.
Later in the term, the Public
Action Committee will be spon-soring
a fund-raising activity for
John. Perkins' VOC Ministries.
This will give Bethel students a
chance to show their concern for
minority people.
Lundquist eulogizes comptroller, Held
Graydon Held, comptroller for
Bethel College and Seminary for
the past ten years, died last
Friday of cancer, at the age of 54.
He is survived by his wife,
Dorothy, and four children, Che-ryl,
Cindy, Graydon Jr., and
Gregory, all Bethel students. The
following tribute was composed
and read by President Carl Lund-quist
at Mr. Held's funeral last
Monday.
* * * * *
For Graydon Held Romans
14:12 had a special appropriate-ness:
"So then each one shall
give account of himself to God."
Graydon's life vocation was that
of giving account. He was an
accountant, and a skilled one.
The last decade of his life was
spent making the profession of a
accounting a service to Jesus
Christ on the campus of Bethel
College and Seminary.
There he was used to debits
and credits, to gains and losses,
to capital investment and current
operations, to ledgers and audits.
At the end of each fiscal year he
was used to drawing double lines
to close off his accounts and
submitting them to national audi-tors
for review. Always Bethel—
and Graydon—passed that test.
And now God has summoned
him to give account of himself. I
was with him many times when
he gave account to human. audi-tors.
He always had something to
say—something good, something
pertinent, something construc-tive.
He could defend the busi-ness
practices of Bethel and his
accounting of them.
But when he stands before the
Great Auditor to give account of
himself I'm not sure what Gray-don
will say. By nature he was
diffident, modest, undemanding.
He showed . no ostentation and
sought no public notice.
I'm not sure that he will report
all those night hours he worked,
unnoticed and unpaid, out of his
concern to get the job done. I'm
not sure that he will report his
feeling of expendability during
Bethel's transition to its new
campus and his contentment with
any kind of improvised office
space.
I'm not sure that he will report
his deep preoccupation when
expenses mounted faster than
income that led him to prayer and
to personal negotiations with the
money lenders.
I'm not sure that he will report
the patient manner with which he
responded to an unceasing call for
reports—all of them slightly dif-ferent—
to the administration, to
the board, to the students, to the
faculty, to the denomination, to
the bankers, to the government,
to the accrediting agencies.
I'm not sure that he will report
his steadiness when the air was
tense, or his optimism when the
obstacles seemed insurmounta-ble,
or his gentleness when he
interacted with his colleagues, or
his kindness when he talked
about those who appeared un-friendly,
or his helpfulness when
he answered the requests of
students and teachers.
While Graydon's professional
nature led him to full disclosure
about financial transactions, I
suspect that his unassuming na-ture
would keep him silent about
those personal strengths which
made him such a beloved figure
on the campus. He loved Bethel.
And Bethel loved him, too.
So, God, what Graydoq proba-bly
could never bring himself to
say to You we gladly affirm on his
behalf. We rejoice that You, by
whom all actions are weighed,
know Graydon's virtues even
better than we.
We thank You for giving him to
us as a gift of Your Spirit for these
past ten years. We thank You for
letting us see Christ alive itt a
comptroller.
We thank You for nudging us to
be better persons through Gray-don's
quiet example. We thank
You for the record of a life as well
as the records of a lifetime.
Graydon's accounting to You,
ultimately, will not rest upon his
personal achievements but upon
the finished work of Christ upon
the cross. But because of what
Graydon built upon that we are
sure that the work of this accoun-tant
will be approved in the final
audit and that You will certify
upon the first page of his last
report:
"Well done, good and faithful
servant; you have been faithful
over a little, I will set you over
much; enter into the joy of your
master!"
John Perkins schedule
Monday Chapel—"Let Justice Roll Down"
11:20-12 p.m.—luncheon Royal Oak Room
12:10-1:10 p.m.—"A Biblical Concept of Justice:
The Challenge for the Evangelical" FA 426
8 p.m.—"Living Christianity in an Unjust World"
Tuesday 8 a.m.-10 a.m. "What Does it Mean to be Poor and
Black?" in AC 334
Chapel—"A Christian Philosophy for Changing our
World"
1:55-3:30 p.m.—"The Christian as Change Agent" in
AC 334
Events Calendar
Friday, Feb. 17 Women's basketball at Concordia
(district playoffs)
Women's track at St. Olaf
Men's track at U of M
Movie, "The Sting" in gymnasium (8
p.m.)
Saturday, Feb. 18 Men's basketball vs. Hamline (7:30
p.m.)
M.I.A.C. wrestling meet at Concordia-
Moorhead (all day)
Women's basketball at Concordia
(district playoffs)
Men's track at U of M
Monday, Feb. 20 Washington's birthday
Men's basketball at Augsburg (7:30
P.m.)
Senior recital by Brian Holm and Tim
Blackburn at Seminary Chapel (8 p.m.)
AAES Convention at Radisson South.
Tuesday, Feb. 21 Men's track at Mankato (6 p.m.)
Student Senate meeting (6 p.m.)
AAES Convention at Radisson South
Wednesday, Feb. 22 AAES Convention at Radisson South
Thursday, Feb. 23 Women's basketball at Augsburg (State
Tournament)
AAES Convention at Radisson South
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ing of third and fourth world
representatives, and to evaluate
community language learning.
Three-member teams consis-ting
of a faculty member, inter-national
student and regular stu-dent
from 12 Twin Cities area
colleges and universities will
participate in structured exper-iences
in community language
learning under the direction of
Dr. Stevick.
The consultation picks up the
theme of a language course
conducted by Dr. Donald Larson,
professor of linguistics, during
January interim in which 16
students taught themselves
Greek. Without previous know-ledge
of any other language than
their mother tongue English, the
class was divided into small
groups and then given a para-graph
in Greek along with its
translation for study.
Next they received another
passage of Greek plus a tape
recorded reading of it and began
to work out their own translation.
During the month, Dr. Larson
and his assistant, Mrs. Lori
Steward, a Bethel graduate in
linguistics, came to the class for
continued on page 5
Consultation explores novel method
to strengthen language learning
AAES-NAE
convention to
provide forum
for schools
by Nancy Naumenko
The Radisson South will be the
scene of this year's AAES (Amer-ican
Association of Evangelical
Students) convention from Feb.
20 - 23. The convention, which
will be held in conjuction with
that of the NAE (National Associ-ation
of Evangelicals), will feature
such well-known speakers as
Oswald Hoffman and Festo
Kivengere.
The AAES, which is now
affiliated with the NAE, is a
representative body for over
25,000 students from 27 evan-gelical
colleges and universities
throughout the United States.
It's major purpose, according
to Chairman of the Board Chuck
Kern, "lies in its unique design: a
forum where Christian schools
can come together to combine
resources and unite behind an
evangelical front that would offer
a needed alternative perspective
to some of the contemporary
issues that face all students
today."
This is accomplished by taking
two primary directions of action,
within and without. Within—by
projects and services such as a
data bank, newsletters, and a
national convention to promote
better student government and
the study of mutual problems.
Without—by attempting to un-ify
that group to have a significant
impact and voice for evangelical
students on national issues such
as pornography and financial aid
cutbacks.
Attendance at the conference is
encouraged for all those students
interested in promoting stronger
evangelical student relations.
Any further information_ on the
sessions, as well as the work-shops,
may be obtained from
Bobbi Hersch (Treasurer of the
Association) or Jim Torgersen
(National Public Relations Chair-man).
A consultation to explore a new
approach to language learning
will be held at Bethel, Feb. 24-25,
to which professors and students
are invited.
Guest resource persons are Dr.
Earl Stevick of the School of
Languages, Foreign Service In-stitute,
U.S. Department of State,
and Dr. William Smalley, until
recently, Translation Consultant
with the -United Bible Society.
Goals of the consultation are to
expand and strengthen the role of
international students on college
campuses, to help regular stu-dents
increase their understand-by
David Shelley
By now the frenzy over the new tuition billing policy has surely
reached every Bethel ear in its crescendoing controversy. Apparently it
has touched an irritable spot, the college billfold.
The first rumors wrought shudders in the hearts of many, and some
irate activists went so far as to plot the seizure of the administration
building, only to remember in embarrassment that Bethel doesn't have
one.
When Dean Brushaber first explained the policy to me I scratched
down a series of arguments against such a move, but two lengthy
conferences with Dr. Nettleton dispelled most of those.
Would not this plan discourage extra-curricular 'activities vital to
Bethel life? No, I found out, because most of those now involved in
such activities are carrying full loads. Won't it hurt students who take
courses at the university or other schools? Possibly, but you can't
expect Bethel to build its program to encourage study at other schools.
I came out at a loss to find any strong arguments against such a
policy. I could pose "what about..." questions until Minnesota warms
over, but nothing really argues the point effectively.
Yet as I pondered further I realized that neither was I convinced of
any of the arguments in favor of the new policy. Follow the list of
"advantages" to this system as given in Dean Brushaber's statement.
It will lower total degree cost. Will it? If "normal degree progress"
is an average of 8.5 courses per year, then compare next year's set fee
of $2750 to the sum of $2762.50 (8.5 times the would-be per course fee
of $325). Is a $12.50 advantage really a solid argument?
No extra charge for interim will be made for students enrolled
full-time for at least one semester each year. Of course not, because
the semester fees are big enough to cover the interim cost.
Or, to look at it another way, the money you save on interim is lost in
that half credit you aren't taking when you average 8.5 a year (a full
load is nine a year). The only financial advantage here is to the student
who is enrolled for one of the two semesters, and that is not normal
degree progress.
Students may take 10 courses per year for the same cost as seven
courses. You could also say that students can take seven courses for the
cost of 10. The fact is, the cost is worth about 8.5 courses. Why should
we argue for the exceptional student who takes 10 courses and against
the exceptional student who takes seven?
Incidental fees such as student activities and physical education
components will be eliminated. But these only total about $20 a year for
the normal student. It's nice, I agree, but not much of an advantage,
even if you add that $12.50. It may help out students who take private
music lessons or such, but we aren't dealing with exceptions,
remember.
Billing, registration and financial aid procedures will be simplified.
That's fine, but I suppose the weight of that argument depends upon
how much we value it. To me, it seems a mere "fringe" benefit.
Bethel can return to a billing system that is standard in higher
education. When did this become important to Bethel, where we spend
so much time pointing out our unique aspects? It is also standard in
Christian higher education to require chapel attendance. It is standard
in secular higher education to disregard lifestyle.
Normal degree progress is encouraged. This must be the key. But I
have two problems with it. First, the new policy really doesn't
encourage the student to take a full load. It discourages him from
taking less than a full load. It is a negative rather than a positive
incentive, and there is a difference.
Secondly, the key question is, why? Why do we want to encourage
normal degree progress? Why is it better to take a full load? Why is it
better to graduate in four years?
May I make it clear, I am not taking a stand for or against this new
policy. I'm not sure why we shouldn't change, but neither am I sure we
should. I wish someone would make clear what is wrong with the
current system.
It all seems to hinge on our value of "normal degree progress," as
Bethel defines it. Why should we take a full load? Why is it better to
finish college in four years? Some clear and concrete answers to these
questions would help resolve some of the dissonance.
Bethel senior Brian Holm and junior Tim Blackburn will be
giving their joint senior recital Monday evening, Feb. 20 at 8
p.m. in the Seminary Chapel. _
Brian and Tim are both students of Gerard Sundberg, of
Bethel's voice faculty.
The program will include solos and duets by Handel,
Schubert, Tschaikovsky, Debussy, Vaughn Williams, and others.
The music department extends an invitation to the Bethel
Community to attend this recital and also the reception
following. There is no admission charge.
Monday Convention Schedule
8 a.m. Board meeting
7 p.m. Mingle
8 p.m. AAES reports
History of AAES
Current status
Goals of convention
Overview of NAE and related ministries
9:30 p.m. Common problem solving (small group discussion)
Tuesday
8 a.m. Morning atmosphere
8:15 a.m. Rules of order
Resolution committee appointment
9 a.m. Committee presentations
Policy
Projects
Public relations
12:15 p.m. Leave hotel (transportation provided)
1 p.m. Lunch at Northwestern College
2:30 p.m. Session with John Perkins, founder and president
of "Voice of Calvary" ministries, at Bethel.
5 p.m. Leave Bethel to return to hotel.
5:30 p.m. Dinner on your own.
7:30 p.m. NAE general session—Oswald Hoffman, president
of United Bible Societies.
10 p.m. Concert
Wednesday
8 a.m. Evangelical Foreign Missions—AAES joint session
9:30 a.m. NAE session—Timothy Smith, professor of history
at John Hopkins University.
10:45 a.m. Workshops—Session I (choose from five
workshops)
12:00 p.m. Workshops—Session II (choose from six
workshops)
1 p.m. Lunch on your own
2:30 p.m. Dr. Edward Pauley (vice president and academic
dean of Biola College) will be speaking to AAES
delegates.
4:15 p.m. Regional sessions and work on resolutions until
supper.
6 p.m. Supper break on your own
7:30 p.m. NAE general session—Festo Kivengere, bishop of
the Church of Uganda, member of the World
Council of Churches.
10 p.m. Koinonia—a time of fellowship for AAES
delegates
Thursday
8 a.m. Morning Atmosphere
8:15 a.m. Begin Business Session
Adopt resolutions, policies and projects for the
next year
Elect officers
9:30 a.m. NAE session—Dr. Ed Lindman, president of Whit-worth
College.
10:45 a.m. Resume business session
12:30 p.m. Luncheon with Higher Education Commission. Dr.
Kenneth Kantzer, editor-elect of Christianity To-day,
will be the speaker.
3 p.m. Closing devotional followed by meeting of the new
board of directors.
7 p.m. NAE Banquet—Mrs. Gladys Hunt, staff member .
of Inter-varsity, author of three books. Dinner is
optional. One may attend the closing session and
hear Mrs. Hunt's talk afterward at no cost.
General sessions are free of charge to the public. Daily charge
is $5.
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Mark Walch, Al Arasim, Virginia Heuer and Sue Greene (left to right) rehearse for the
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Miller play opens here March 2,
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brief but regular periods as
informants and as consultants,
only giving information as stu-dents
asked it of them.
"We gave them some English
words borrowed from Greek and
responded with yes or no, correct
or incorrect to their own formu-lations
of Greek sentences," Mrs.
Steward said. "The students got
just a small segment of the
language, but it was like a tough,
sticky little ball that new pieces
stuck to. Gradually they discov-ered
the rules of the whole."
Students themselves were both
amazed and thrilled at what they
accomplished and at their own
language development. "I learn-ed
a lot more Greek in a month
than I ever expected," one said.
Not only did the participants
gain knowledge of another langu-age
but also of themselves as
learners in a new situation.
In the same way that Dr.
Larson served as an informant in
this class situation, international
students, he believes, can serve
as an untapped resource to Amer-ican
students in language learn-ing.
"Instead of finding jobs for
them in maintenance or the
cafeteria," he said, "why not
give them campus employment as
language specialists in the areas
of their skills?"
The February 24-25 consulta-tion
will explore ways this can be
done. Interested observers may
call either Dr. Larson or Mrs.
Steward at 641-6332 for further
information about the sessions.
The department of theatre arts
will present Arthur Miller's play,
"All My Sons," on March 2-4 and
7-11, at 8 p.m. in the experi-mental
theatre.
This early play of Miller's had a
328 performance run on Broad-way
and received the Drama
Critics Circle Award for the ,best
American play of the 1947 season.
The play takes place after World
War II and deals with a family
burdened with guilt and loneli-ness.
Under tremendous emo-tional
strain they wrestle with
their responsibilities to each other
and to the society at large.
The play is directed by Assis-tant
Professor of Theatre Douglas
M. Briggs. His previous produc-tions
at Bethel include "The
Diary of Anne Frank," "Toad of
Toad Hall, "Romeo and Juliet,"
and this year's "Festival of
Christmas." His work has also
been seen at Northwestern Col-lege
("The Miracle Worker,"
"The Sound of Music," "Anasta-sia,"
and "The Sparrow") as well
as in local churches ("The Fable
of the Brementown Four").
The box office will accept reser-vations
Monday through Friday, 1
to 4 p.m., at 641-6247. Ticket
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by David Shelley
Bethel's College Choir will join
the Mount Olivet Lutheran senior
choir and a 40-piece orchestra,
primarily members of the Minne-sota
Orchestra, in presenting
Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio,
"Saint Paul."
The free concert, conducted by
Dr. Robert Berglund, will begin
at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 5, at
Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in
Minneapolis.
The oratorio, based on scrip-ture,
focuses on the life of the
apostle Paul, opening with Paul's
persecution of Christians, and
going through his conversion
experience, his commission as a
preacher and missionary, and his
service for Christ.
Mendelssohn gdve the work a
very dramatic musical setting,
Dr. Berglund describes, adding,
"What is more dramatic than
Paul's life and his conversion?"
"Mendelssohn shows Paul's
fervor in the first part," Berglund
said, "and shows how Paul
turned it around to use it for the
Lord."
"It is not only exciting musi-cally,"
the conductor said, "but it
is one of the rich spiritual
experiences available to us in
sacred choral literature. We hope
the Bethel community will not
only support us with its presence,
but come expecting to receive
something as well."
Dr. Berglund said the oratorio
was performed at Bethel by the
Festival Choir several years ago
and was so well received by the
student body that they determin-ed
to do it again.
Mount Olivet Lutheran seats
2800, but last year's performance
of the Brahms' requiem by the
same choirs filled the church.
Directions for getting to the
church will be posted on the
music bulletin board across from
the music office.
by Rick Drake
I could tell it was going to be a
good concert just by looking at the
audience. It was one of those
musically literate audiences that
only congregate when a great
performance is about to happen.
There was so much excitement in
the air that I could not calm
myself enough to read the pro-gram
notes. I never did all
evening.
I went to the Janet Wallace
Fine Arts Center last Sunday
evening to see and hear the
renowned Beaux Arts Trio. The
concert was the second of three in
the "Three of the World's Great
Chamber Music Ensembles" ser-ies
co-sponsored with The Schu-bert
Club and the New Friends of
Chamber Music.
Now in its 21st year, the trio
has been hailed on four conti-nents,
performing more than 3500
concerts throughout North and
Chapel Schedule
Monday—John Perkins,
"Voice of Calvary"
ministries
Tuesday—John Perkins
Wednesday—Rev. Warren -
Magnuson
Thursday—Roots:
Jonathon Edwards—Dr.
Piper
Friday—Roots: Charles
Finney—Dr. Jim
Johnson
music performance was! When
these musicians, each a soloist in
his own right, joined forces to
perform a single composition,
something happened that is far
greater than either a solo per-formance
or a conducted ensem-ble
performance. Not only was
there an abundance of solo pas-sages
demanding virtuoso tech-nique
and musicianship, but
there was incredible ensemble
achieved, no doubt through years
of practice and performance to-gether.
Part of the thrill of attending
this concert was being part of that
audience. The spontaneous out-burst
of applause that followed
each trio was insufficient means
of expressing our enjoyment of
each work. Following the Mozart
Trio, the applause brought the
three performers back onstage
two times before they could
remain back stage long enough to
get the music for the next trio.
Following the Ravel Trio, the
same gratitude was expressed.
However, following the final trio
in the program, the Brahms Trio,
the audience immediately jumped
to its feet for a standing ovation
which brought the Beaux Arts
Trio out six times before they
finally consented to play an
encore.
One thing is certain—that was
not the last chamber music per-formance
I will attend.
South America, Europe, Africa
and the Middle East. The prize
winning ensemble has recorded
for Philips all the Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven, Brahms, Mendels-sohn,
Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Op. 50,
Schubert and Dvorak trios. They
are at the top of every best-selling
classical list throughout the Uni-ted
States and Europe.
The trio, consisting of Mena-hem
Pressler, pianist, Isadore
Cohen, violinist, and Bernard
Greenhouse, cellist, performed
the Trio in B Flat Major, K. 502
by Mozart, the Trio in A Minor by
Ravel and the Trio in C Major,
Opus 87 by Brahms. The rich and
percussive sonorities of the Ravel
Trio contrasted the sheer ele-gance
of the Mozart Trio and the
warm romantic tone of the
Brahms Trio. These three trios
joined with a single movement of
a Dvorak trio, added as an encore,
made up a delightful program.
How intimate this chamber
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An unidentified Royal wrestler flattens out a Carleton wrestler In a meet on Feb. 4. The
team will visit Concordia-Moorhead tomorrow for the M.I.A.C. conference meet.
This tubing enthusiast attempts to break the jump record
of 27 feet.
Mt. Zion open on weekends
for tubing, sliding enthusiasts
Shaw's 'Misalliance' gains
momentum, worth seeing
Women tracksters begin
season with weak showing
by Dale Peterson
In the early 1900's, if one were
to place a Polish wonder woman,
a daring young pilot, a disap-pointed
socialist, and a smatter-ing
of well-bred English aristo-crats,
in the same English country
home for an evening, one would
have a misalliance. One would
also have the framework for the
Theatre in the Round's latest pro-duction
by George Bernard Shaw.
"Misalliance" is Shaw's com-mentary
on societal class struc-ture;
it is much less subtle than
"Pygmalion" (but then, what
isn't). And for some reason, it is
not as well known. One has the
play selecting committee of Thea-tre
in the Round to thank for
bringing it to the state once
again.
When the house lights are
raised for the first intermission
an audience member may be
inclined to wonder how it will ever
be possible to sit through two
more acts of such a slow-paced,
boring play.
But don't lose heart! Not only
are they possible to sit through,
they are rather enjoyable and
incredibly well done. One might
even wonder if he had acciden-tally
strayed into a different
theatre for acts two and three.
The first act begins slowly and
builds to a near halt. It is mostly
expository material which direc-tor
Mac Harris has paced much
too slowly. There are quite a few
redeeming features, though,
which tend to make the initial
boredom easy to take. Jerry Ion,
who plays Bentley Summerhays,
a spoiled little rich kid who usu-ally
throws a tantrum to get his
way, is excellent.
The initial scenes with Bentley
and Johnny Tarleton, played by
Joe Kudla, are enjoyable. The
comic timing on both actors' parts
is brilliant, if only those- scenes
weren't so short! Soon Bentley
and Johnny are joined by Michele
Delattre as Hypatia Tarleton. Her
voice is angelic; it has that rare
kind of appealing tone that one
could listen to for hours, if only
they didn't have to watch her.
Her movements throughout the
first act are clumsy and lacking in
motivation.
That trait is also possessed by
Harry Baxter, who plays the role
of Lord Summerhays. He walks
through the entire play with his
hands uncomfortably at his side
and his eyes nervously shifting
towards whatever character hap-pens
to be speaking at the time.
The initial boredom is really a
small price to pay for the sheer
enjoyment of the rest of the play.
At the end of the first act, a host
of interesting characters are in-troduced.
Mark Johnson, playing
Joey Percival, flies into a green-house
along with his passenger
Sandra Bucholtz as Lina Szcze-panowska
(say horse-church).
Both are vivacious and enter-taining.
Oscar Backlund as John
Tarleton is superb as the father of
the house and founder of Tarleton
underwear.
A high point of the show is the
performance given by Mark Kee-ly
as Gunner, Be succeeds a
number of times in drawing
applause for his brilliant timing
and line delivery.
Micliele, we find, has taken
movement lessons during inter-mission
and Harry Baxter now
has less lines. The pacing picks
up and one can relax and enjoy
the excellence of the script.
The set is well done and the
lighting is adequate. The music
played before the show and
during intermissions is well cho-sen
and truly fits the mood of the
play.
While it's not worth rushing
through dinner to make the
curtain, it certainly is worth
seeing "Misalliance" at Theatre
in the Round.
by Suzi Wells
For all tubing or sliding enthu-siasts,
Mt. Zion, located near
Bremer Field, is open on Friday
and Saturday nights from 7:30
' p.m. until midnight.
Freshman Paul Bjork and Kelly
Brandes operate the slopes for 50
cents a night, which includes tube
rental and tow rope fee. The
dynamite shack, heated with a
wood stove, • is also open, com-plete
with couches, for no extra
charge.
The tow rope on the hill
operates by car. Freshman Dave
Willet sold his 1970 Mercury
Montego for the operation. A
rope attatched to the rear hub cap
of the car runs the rope.
The rope includes a safety trip
in case of accidents, such as
scarfs getting caught under tubes
on the way up.
Group rates and special times
are available. Those with their
own tubes or other means of
sliding will only be charged 25
cents for the lift.
Paul said that jumping contests
are part of the fun at the hill. So
far, the record jump is 27 feet,
held by Kelly Brandes. Another
record was set last Saturday—a
chain of 14 intertubes.
The Campus Coordinators have
helped get this new activity
underway. With student input,
Mt. Zion has potential. "If we
start getting a lot of people, we'll
put more into it," Paul noted.
Mt. Zion will be open for snow
activities until the snow melts.
by Laura Woodruff
The women's track team start-ed
their fourth year off with a
co-ed triangular meet on Feb. 11.
The meet included St. Olaf, who
took first by scoring 63 points,
followed by the _University of
Wisconsin at River Falls with 55
points, and Bethel with only 8
points. The meet was held at St.
Olaf.
Even though Bethel scored few
points, Coach Shirley Dawson
was able to say, "I'm satisfied,"
about the meet. Two Bethel
indoor records were set: one by
Lynn Severson in the 60-yard
dash with a time of 7.38 seconds,
and the other was set by Bobbi
Hersch when she took fourth
place in the 880-yard run with a
time of 2 minutes and 29 seconds.
With a jump of 16' 3", Bobbi
Hersch got second in the long
jump. She also placed third in the
high jump by jumping 4' 10".
Jill Beuckens placed fifth in the
60-yard dash with a time of 8.3
seconds. In the mile run Denise
Egge had a 5:35 minute run, and
Brenda Harris, a 5:45 minute run,
placing them fifth and sixth,
respectively.
Tami McQuoid's time of 10.15
seconds in the 60-yard hurdles
earned her a fourth place. Egge
ran 300 yards in 41.9 seconds,
placing forth.
Brenda Harris ran a 880 in 2:33
minutes; a time that is 3 seconds
off the old record. Harris,
Hersch, Egge and Rita Glasscock
were three-tenths of a second
from the indoor record in the mile
relay with a time of 4:22.3.
Coach Dawson had only ten
women running, whereas St. Olaf
and River Falls each had twice as
many. She feels that River Falls is
a top-notch team, and that "St.
Olaf is a powerhouse." She
considers placing in an event
against those teams in an accom-plishment,
and that Bethel has
started the year off well.
Her only complaint is that the
team lacks depth, with only
fifteen members on the team (she
expects about five more women to
come out after the basketball
season is over). Even though the
team lacks depth there is quality.
Three runners that competed in
regionals last year are on the
team again this year.
On Friday and Saturday, Feb.
17 and 18, Bethel will compete in
the Northwestern open at the
University of Minnesota.
continued from page eight
Bethel was never able to
wrestle a full team, which was a
contributing factor in many of
their losses this season.
"It's been a frustrating sea-son,"
said Coach Dave Klost-reich,
"but I have to commend
the kids who stuck it out and
showed a lot of spirit. We would
have had a much better team if all
the weight classes had been
filled," he added. Six of the
wrestlers will see action once
more tomorrow at the MIAC
conference meet at Concordia-
Moorhead. Augsburg is favored
in the tournament in which nine
other teams are competing.
"Our goal is to place as many
as we can," said Klostreich, "but
lack of experience will make it
difficult for some to place." Four
places are given out in each
weight class.
Klostreich feels Gary Peterson
has an excellent chance of fin-ishing
first or second in the meet,
and Lonnie Holmgren will also
probably finish high. Teamwise,
the coach would be satisfied with
finishing in the middle of the nine
teams competing.
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Lori Hallquht blocks a shot In a recent home game.
Cross-country ski race was an afternoon event of Bethel's annual Sno Daze festivities.
Thinclads open season at St. Olaf
Tenacious defense, fast break
offense aid women to victory
by Steve Erickson
Employing a tenacious 1-3-1
defense and a fast-break offense,
the women's basketball team
defeated St. Theresa's 57-27 and
Hamline 57-37 last week. These
wins stretched its winning streak
to five games.
On Wednesday, Bethel jumped
out to a 19-0 lead before St.
Theresa's got its first basket 12
minutes into the game. Numerous
fast-break baskets increased the
Royal's lead to 34-11 at the half.
Things changed little in the
second half as Coach Kathy
Nevins substituted freely among
her players. Although St.
Theresa's put together a string of
ten straight points, this did not
put much of a dent in Bethel's
lead.
Cindi Ramm led a balanced
scoring attack with nine points.
On Thursday, the Royals again
took a quick lead and stayed on
top throughout the contest. They
led 35-12 at half time. Hamline
attempted a comeback in the
second period but was no match
for the quicker, taller Bethel
team.
Ramm and Katie Miller each
tallied nine points for the victors.
"We were a faster team than
both St. Theresa's and Hamline.
We were able to run fast breaks
and a lot of points were scored off
them," said Nevins.
"I'm a defensive coach," she
continued. "We've kept teams
fairly low but in some of the
games that we've lost, we haven't
scored too many points. The
chronic problem we have is
turnovers."
"I like to win but I also like to
be in situations where everyone
plays. That's good because we
by Jon Fredrickson
Last Saturday was the start of
the I.M. basketball league that
will run until March 11 when the
regular season ends and the play-offs
begin.
The 26 teams that are compet-ing
are split into two leagues
depending on the ability of the
team. The "A" league is called
the Stuffs and Swish, the "B"
league is called the Hackers and
Trippers for obvious reasons.
Along with the unusual names
for the divisions there are some
don't have a junior varsity," said
Nevins.
Bethel's record is 11-5. Teams
in Minnesota ae separated into
two districts, the north and south.
Bethel is seeded number eight in
the north district, the tougher of
the two.
Tonight the Royals play St.
Thomas in the first round of
district. If they win on the
number one seed, they will play
St. Catherine's tomorrow.
unusual team names like the
Weight Room Woosies, True
Grunt, Swedish Fly Girls Revisi-ted,
and the Beef Jerky.
Last Saturday's action started
at 9 a.m. and went until around 2
p.m. The games were watched by
small but excited crowds.
All the games were close
except for the game between the
two movies, Star Wars and Swe-dish
Fly Girls, where the Fly Girls
won by the score of 85-36.
Saturdays high scorers were
Greg Thom 25, Dave Hepburn 24,
Mark Norlander 23, Dave Ekert
22, and Tim Traudt.
I.M. basketball teams
begin open league season
Oles hand cagers
eighth MIAC loss
by Lisa Mills
The men's track team found
itself up against some stiff com-petition
as they faced River Falls
and St. Olaf last Saturday at the
St. Olaf meet. St. Olaf took first
with a total of 80, River Falls
came in with 46, and Bethel just
following with 44.
A winner in the running events,
where Bethel's strength seemed to
be, was Nate Allen taking first
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in the 60-yd. dash with a time of
6.4. Nate won the 300 at a time of
32.9, which qualified him for the
NAIA indoor meets.
Curt Brown won both the
440-yd. run at 51.9 and the
600-yd. run at 1:16.1. Curt qual-ified
for the NAIA indoor meets at
the Duluth meet two weeks ago.
Dave Clapp took second in the
880 in the time of 1:57.7, and ran
the 1,000 in a time of 2:16 to
qualify him for the NAIA indoor.
Bethel also won the mile relay,
because St. Olaf was disqualified
for stepping out of its lane, at a
time of 3:32.2.
Coach Gene Glader comment-ed,
"We had our strength in the
running events, but were very
weak in the field events, which
hurt us." In stating his expecta-tions
for the season, Glader
remarked, "If we stay free of
injuries we'll do well." He added,
"We don't really have the depth
we need, but we're cautiously
optimistic."
by Greg Kuntz
The Oles of St. Olaf dominated
the boards and handed the Bethel
cagers their eighth conference
loss against 3 wins, 94-80 at
Northfield last Saturday night.
"We took more shots than they,
did, but they got second shots on
the rebounds," said Coach Jim
Bragg.
The Oles were no slouch at the
free-throw line either by sinking
.24 of 32. The Royals sunk 12 of 15
for a higher percentage than the
hosts. But Bethel, down by only
six points with just under a
minute to play, was forced to
commit several personal fouls to
regain possession of the ball.
Ole guard Craig Fitzsimmons
and forward Bruce Govig paced
the winners with 21 and 20 points
respectively, while Dave Blanch-ard
and "Sugar Ray" Miller
poured in 21 and 18 respectively.
The game was close most of the
first half, but the 6'8" rebound-ing
machine of Dave Anderson
and Phil Meyers continued to
dominate, forcing the Royals to
the outside shot. Bethel trailed at
the intermission 43-36. Anderson
ended up with 17 points, and
Meyers scored 16.
"St. Olaf didn't look as good as
when we played them at home,
(another high scoring contest,
99-91) "but their 52-36 edge in
the rebounding department
coupled with the free throws
clobbered us," said Bragg.
The Royals will play the Ham-line
Pipers at home tomorrow
night, and will travel to Augsburg
in Minneapolis Monday night to
face the Auggies for the second
time this season. Both games will
begin at 7:30 p.m.
Forfeits continue
to hamper efforts
of Royal grapplers
by Carol Madison
Bethel wrestling suffered two
more losses in their season finale
at the Gustavus Triangular last
weekend. They were over-whelmed
by St. Thomas 46-9, but
actually out-wrestled Gustavus in
the 32-25 loss to them.
Conference contender St.
Thomas allowed Bethel only nine
points on a pin by Dave Fuller at
118, and a 4-1 decision by Gary
Peterson.
An 18-point forfeit was the
difference in the defeat by Gusta-vus.
Jim Schultz and Gary Peter-son
both won by falls, and Lonnie
Holmgren won his match 18-6.
Greg Heinsch wrestled to a 2-2 tie
in his match. Bethel wrestled
well, but could not make up for
the loss in the weight classes that
were not filled.
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Curt Pegors gets fancy at the fourth annual Polar Bear Dip
in Lake Valentine Saturday morning. The air was 16° F.
The water. ...gasp!
Bruce Olsen, editor Greg Kuntz, sports editor The Clarion is published weekly
Holly Schmiess, news editor Mark Holmes, photo editor by the students of Bethel College.
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THE CLARION Bethel College Vol. 53, No. 15 February 17, 1978
Exchange reveals chief premise of flat-fee structure:
New structure encourages fuldme 'moder student
Last Monday afternoon about
150 students filled the AC Lounge
floor and gallery to meet with
academic Dean George Brusha-ber
and Student Affairs Director
Mack Nettleton. The issue: the
proposed flat fee tuition struc-ture.
The questions: twenty for-mally
designed and submitted by
the Student Senate, others posed
singly from the floor.
At one point, Dean Brushaber
summarized his expectations of
the Senate-sponsored forum:
"Frankly, I've been troubled by
conversations with some people
who have been so determined to
discover flaws with the compre-hensive
fee, have been so on the
offensive against it that they've
latched onto arguments both good
and bad. It's my hope that
through the forum we can discri-minate
between the good and bad
arguments, recognizing that for
some people there will be difficul-ties
with the flat fee; recognizing
that and attempting to ameliorate
those problems while at the same
time coming to a clearer under-standing
about some things that
are not problems."
The following is a transcription
of that two-hour process, derived
from a recording the Clarion
made. It is condensed, but true to
the intentions of those asking and
answering the questions.
Will a student lose eligibility
for financial aid under the pro-posed
4-1-2 alternative?
Brushaber: Bethel distributed aid
and federal distributed aid will
not be reduced for those students
enrolled on a 4-1-2. Minnesota
state law requires that students
take at least 3 courses in order to
receive the aid. So the student
who is enrolled on the 4-1-2 will
receive state aid for the fall, but
for the two spring courses he or
she would not receive aid. How-ever,
he or she would not lose
eligibility for that semester of aid
at some other point.
Will the flat fee cause students to
arrange their studies around fi-nances
instead of around curricu-lum?
Brushaber: That's one of the
same arguments that was used
against the per course billing....
Regardless of the curriculum plan
or the billing plan you're under I
expect that finances become a
consideration.
Will we lose our part-time stu-dents,
and is that good?
Nettleton: I don't think it will
cause us to lose those students. It
is not desirable that we lose them,
but we don't build the fee
structure or the curriculum a-round
the exceptions to the rule.
We design them to fit the model.
Brushaber: Empirical research
done in colleges around the
country, suggests that students
mature better, 'get it together'
better, when they have alternate
periods of full-time study in
residence alternating with full-time
periods of traveling abroad,
full-time work, or study at anoth-er
institution. There is not as
much likelihood you will grow and
mature to the maximum if you are
dividing your time in a menial
part-time job, doing minimal
work in an academic assignment.
Frankly, we are interested in
encouraging enrollment patterns
of full-time study, and if work is
necessary, full-time work, when
you are able to earn more, when
you will be able to build relation-ships
which can be used to secure
permanent employment upon
graduation.
Under the flat-fee system, a
student carrying a full load (9
courses) can save $130 over four
years, but is this worth the
change?
Nettleton: A better argument
would be 'if it cost $130 or $250
more, would the increased costs
be warranted?' In our opinion,
the comprehensive fee is a better
system. The fact that it saves
$130 over four years is not the
convincing argument. That hap-pens
to be a fringe benefit.
Does the flat-fee. eacouraaina
students to go full time or 'stop
out' ignore those taking a sequen-tial
curriculum, such as physics?
Nettleton: The suggestion that
people can stop out for a term is
not the principle on which the fee
structure is based, but merely an
alternative for people who want to
carry reduced loads. For the
person having sequential courses,
they could perhaps carry a dif-ferent
kind of sequence, 4-1-2 for
example, where the two spring
courses are sequential. Still, tak-ing
that pattern would reduce
their total costs.
Brushaber: Next fall we will move
more fully into a pattern where
we will have courses in sequence
beginning both in the fall and in
the spring, at least in those
courses -where we've been offer-ing
three, four, or five sections
anyway.
May the new system discriminate
against persons financially inca-pable
of enrolling full-time?
Nettleton: I'm sure you can find
cases where it would and I think
you can find cases where it would
not. It's very possible to demon-strate
the financial advantage is
clearly with people who take
The sale of old campus was
finalized on Feb. 9, regardless of
the legal suit outcome, when a
representative of the Department
of Labor visited the campus to
make official payment of funds.
The campus was sold for a
reported $1.82 million, which,
according to the agreement be-tween
Bethel and the Department
of Labor, will be increased by
more than $100,000 by the sale of
furnishings ($40,000), payment of
all utilities from Dec. 23 to June
1, and advance payment in full
even though the dormitories will
be occupied through commence-ment.
"The interest this earned, to-gether
with payments, will gross
approximately $1.925 million,"
stated a release from the presi-dent's
office. The release also
stated that half of the $1.925
million will be used to retire obli-advantage
of the new system;
who carry full loads and perhaps
alternate with periods of full-time
work. You can also demonstrate
that a person is far ahead in
completing their degree early,
even if they have to borrow
money to do it, get into the labor
force earlier and become full-time
employees earlier.
WM the flat-fee discourage extra-curricular
involvement?
Nettleton: I hope not. (Audience
laughter). Your response to that
indicates you don't understand
the genesis of my hope: Student
Affairs office builds its whole
program around encouraging stu-dents
to be involved in non-class-room
activities. On the other
hand, we don't want to encourage
students to come to Bethel as
part-time students and full-time
extra-curricular participants. Co-curricular
models encourage full-time
students being involved in
these activities. If the focus on the
Christian service, athletic, or stu-dent
government activities has
become so strong that you can't
carry a full load too, the focus is
wrong.
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gations on the old campus and the
other half to provide advance
funding for replacing the dormi-tories
on new campus.
On the other end of the scale,
the old campus neighbors are still
fighting a legal battle to stop the
Job Corps from entering the
Snelling Ave. campus. Ron Rich,
the attorney representing the
neighborhood opposition group,
is the man who knows the direc-tion
of the impending legal battle.
Unfortunately, Rich gives no in-formation
free of charge.
Tom Nord, one of the members
of the Como-Falcon Heights
Community Coalition, Inc., stat-ed
that the suit will go to court
later this month. At this time the
presiding judge will set a trial date
for the suit to begin.
Bob Moder, a leader of the
coalition, said, "We'll fight for all
we're worth to keep the Job Corps
out of here."
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Student protest of flat fee-we're
out to kill the giant
Going on the unfounded assumption that everybody is familiar with
Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," I would like to resurrect one of
his more vivid images. One may (or may not) remember that during the
course of Gulliver's stay on the island of the "little people," he was
attacked with a barrage of toothpick-sized arrows. The story makes the
irony clear: thousands of midgets, no larger than Gulliver's earlobe,
shooting arrows which were no longer than their arms.
They must have felt a great camaraderie, a sense of accomplish-ment.
In fact they must have thought it quite a noble thing to
contribute to the destruction of such a very large giant. All the while,
Gulliver was brushing off their arrows, laughing off their offensive,
much in the same way a ticklish person squirms and squeels, "Eek,
don't do that."
There is a portion of the Bethel student body that is, in the light of
the flat fee proposal, reacting much like a herd of scared pygmies in the
face of a friendly giant. To a pygmy, there is no such thing as a friendly
giant.
In making the administration out to be "student well-being enemy
number one," they are taking shots in the dark out of a state of panic.
This does little for their own cause and only widens the attitudinal gap
between "them and us."
Instead of running panic-stricken in the face of the flat-fee giant, we
would do well to move more cautiously when considering the situation.
Students are labeling the new fee structure as "bad" because it is a big
change, much as the little people assumed Gulliver to be a foe, seeing
that he was indeed a big giant.
It would be a great help to both the Bethel community and
themselves if those students, who while away the hours formulating
picky arguments against the flat fee structure, would more carefully
consider their position, or at least that of the administration. This is not
to say that all arguments against the new fee structure stand
unfounded. But by presenting such a hoard of "my roommate who is a
junior" type examples, the adversaries of the proposal are doing
themselves a great disfavor—hiding many substantial and well-thought
out objections behind a camouflage of poor reasoning.
This, of course, takes place on both sides of the fence. The dean's
list of ten advantages of the flat fee structure boils itself down to no
more than two substantial arguments, which are only flavored by the
sour spice of the remaining eight. This lump of unconsequential,
insignificant advantages, and all the discussion that has circulated
around each of them, has only obscured the precepts that the proposal
is built on, and thus puts off any penetrating discussion.
There is a sense in which we "loving evangelicals" also love a good
fight. After all, we don't get a good fight all that often. I'm not making
Bethel students out to be blood-thirsty warmongers, but rather as a
group of growing intellects who are itching to stretch into "the real
world."
If we can't find time, or don't have the initiative to take part in issue
of real consequence outside of our college community, then we jump at
the opportunity to become involved with an issue that concerns us
directly, inside our community.
We all enjoy feeling important and getting upset. Being really
concerned is one way of getting involved. To be vocal about these
concerns is to satisfy that yearning to be a part of things.
Although the proposed fee structure will drastically affect some
students, the vast majority can afford to take themselves much less
seriously in regards to this issue.
By satisfying our urge to become involved and taking uncalculated,
blind shots at the "flat fee giant," we are only bringing realization to
our attitudes. We are turning him into an enemy that we don't really
need.
Mark Holmes
editorial
Deans respond
to fee structure
continued from page 1
Brushaber: The colleges where I
have previously served have o-perated
with flat fees and have
had well-developed programs of
student affairs apart from aca-demics.
I see no reason why we
would lose or sacrifice them. I
wouldn't for a moment be sug-gesting
the fee change if I
thought we were going to lose
that component.
What about handicapped stu-dents?
Brushaber: It's been our exper-ience
that students who are
physically handicapped often take
4 courses. (at this point, it was
suggested that the deans answer
Senate-posed questions more
quickly to accommodate those
from the floor; but Brushaber
later returned to this issue.)
We've tried to check on those few
handicapped students at Bethel,
and didn't find any who took only
one or two courses. They often
put us to shame with their
determination not to be treated as
exceptions. But we're available to
make adjustments in cases where
it's necessary.
Would the retention rate be
affected?
Brushaber: We anticipate the
retention rate would probably go
through a period of fluctuation for
a year or two then settle down to
about where it is now.
Would the new system discour-age
study at other schools within
enrollment at Bethel?
Brushaber: We're not designing a
program that would encourage or
favor that, but it would not elimi-nate
students who desired to take
their courses at the University.
Under the 4-1-2 arrangement, a
student could recover enough
money to just about pay for two
courses at the U...I' m not inter-ested
in encouraging you to go to
a school where we have no
exchange and no way of assuring
you a quality experience. (Regar-ding
the UMAIE January travel)
Bethel students will pay what
students of other colleges under a
flat fee pay. Under the old
system, those who stayed at home
subsidized those who went a-broad.
Where would the Campus Coord-inator
budget come from?
Brushaber: The money will not be
billed as a special fee, as the $10
charge was this year, but will be
assigned to the coordinators out
of the flat fee. You will not pay a
student activity fee, nor a $5
physical education fee on the flat
structure.
Is it ethical to impose a new fee
structure on all students, even
those who started without the
knowledge that the per course
system was a five-year experi-ment?
Brushaber: Since I came here
just two years ago, I don't know
what was communicated to stu-dents
five years ago. But those
who are seniors next year will
have adjustments provided so
they aren't penalized. Those who
are just short.of that status may
be helped, and a number of us
will be available to aid those who
are pinched by this position. We
have to have some flexibility
there.
Differential pricing, however,
has proven to be inequitable
because incoming students sub-
.sidize upper level classes. Macal-ester
dropped this system.
What about education majors
advised not to take more than
three courses while student
teaching?
Brushaber: That question was
brought to my attention about 2
p.m., and I have it recorded in my
notes for us to study and give you
an answer in a week or so. You
represent a whole class of people
in a similar situation, so there will
have to be an adjustment made.
Other more rhetorical ques-tions
were posed: What about
`empirical studies' indicating that
despite increased responsibili-ties,
married students, for exam-ple,
do better academically? Why
compare Bethel to other schools;
can't we be unique? How does
one measure maturity and
growth?
Frequent reference to several
arguments led to the following
conclusion about the administra-tion's
rationale behind the flat-fee
structure:
1. Empirical studies show a
more mature, well-adjusted per-son
is likely to emerge from a
full-time student, full-time em-ployee
pattern. This model will be
encouraged by the flat fee struc-ture.
2. Very few other schools are on
a per course billing system.
Inquiry at meetings of academic
deans in Washington last week
indicated to Brushaber that our
present system is highly unusual,
probably because it is unworkable
in the long run.
3. The present per course
structure was initiated as a five-year
experiment, and an experi-ment
which lost the college
$100,000 the first year in tuition.
That money has never been
recovered. Aside from that, how-ever,
the system has not proven
to be preferable to the flat fee.
4. The flat fee, even though it
charges the same for students
taking 3 and 4-and-one-half
courses, can be worked to the
financial advantage of even the
needy student.
After two hours, there were
still unasked and unanswered
questions from the floor. There
will be another open forum next
week. Watch for an announce-ment
of the specific time.
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Voice of Calvary president John Perkins:
Christian leader proposes changing of world
by Dave Terpstra
John Perkins, founder and
president of Voice of Calvary
Ministries, will speak in chapel on
Feb. 20 and 21. He is the author
of "A Quiet Revolution" and
"Let Justice Roll Down."
John and Vera Perkins left
California in 1960 in order to get
to the source of the problems that
they saw in the various mini-stries.
Rev. Perkins and his wife
chose Mendenhall, Mississippi as
their base of operations.
They started working in just a
tent, later moving into a store-front
site until their present
facilities could be completely
built. John Perkins witnessed and
preached in the local schools to
the Black children.
Eventually, many Black people
became affected by the witness of
this loving, energetic man of God.
In addition, they were looking for
ways that they as Black people
could help themselves and their
surroundings by the power of
God.
Rev. Perkins thinks it is ironic
that Whites practice extreme
racism and subtle discrimination
(not only in the South), and then
call themselves Christians. The
Voice of Calvary (VOC) members
saw themselves "in the role of
exhorting our White fellow
Christians to repentance and
good works."
Sometimes . situations appeared
to be overpoweringly fearful, yet
the VOC members always turned
to God for His help. Nothing has
worked perfectly. But the grace of
God has blessed them and many
have come to know Christ as their
personal Lord and Savior.
John Perkins viewed his people
much like Paul looked at the
Jews—his "heart's desire and
prayer to God for them is that
they may be saved." He knew
that many were not getting a
proper education or a good job.
The VOC mission helped
people in voter registration, in-tegration,
and small business
co-ops, to supply their needs.
Perkins strategy was, and still is,
a triangle action pattern of
evangelism, political involve-ment,
reconciliation, and redis-tribution.
He said in the 1973 Urbana
Missions Conference that God is
giving them a "New Testament
church. It seems the Holy Spirit is
restoring to us an understanding
of our local church as the replace-ment
of Christ's body in a specific
neighborhood, drawing people
that they might be 'nourished and
knit together through joints and
ligaments' growing with a
`growth that is from God' " (Col.
2:19).
As lights to the community, the
gifts of the Spirit are manifesting
themselves in these individuals—
"building up the body of faith
into a powerful whole." Praise
the Lord that these guerrilla
fighters for God are fighting
strong through the love and
strength of Jesus.
Later in the term, the Public
Action Committee will be spon-soring
a fund-raising activity for
John. Perkins' VOC Ministries.
This will give Bethel students a
chance to show their concern for
minority people.
Lundquist eulogizes comptroller, Held
Graydon Held, comptroller for
Bethel College and Seminary for
the past ten years, died last
Friday of cancer, at the age of 54.
He is survived by his wife,
Dorothy, and four children, Che-ryl,
Cindy, Graydon Jr., and
Gregory, all Bethel students. The
following tribute was composed
and read by President Carl Lund-quist
at Mr. Held's funeral last
Monday.
* * * * *
For Graydon Held Romans
14:12 had a special appropriate-ness:
"So then each one shall
give account of himself to God."
Graydon's life vocation was that
of giving account. He was an
accountant, and a skilled one.
The last decade of his life was
spent making the profession of a
accounting a service to Jesus
Christ on the campus of Bethel
College and Seminary.
There he was used to debits
and credits, to gains and losses,
to capital investment and current
operations, to ledgers and audits.
At the end of each fiscal year he
was used to drawing double lines
to close off his accounts and
submitting them to national audi-tors
for review. Always Bethel—
and Graydon—passed that test.
And now God has summoned
him to give account of himself. I
was with him many times when
he gave account to human. audi-tors.
He always had something to
say—something good, something
pertinent, something construc-tive.
He could defend the busi-ness
practices of Bethel and his
accounting of them.
But when he stands before the
Great Auditor to give account of
himself I'm not sure what Gray-don
will say. By nature he was
diffident, modest, undemanding.
He showed . no ostentation and
sought no public notice.
I'm not sure that he will report
all those night hours he worked,
unnoticed and unpaid, out of his
concern to get the job done. I'm
not sure that he will report his
feeling of expendability during
Bethel's transition to its new
campus and his contentment with
any kind of improvised office
space.
I'm not sure that he will report
his deep preoccupation when
expenses mounted faster than
income that led him to prayer and
to personal negotiations with the
money lenders.
I'm not sure that he will report
the patient manner with which he
responded to an unceasing call for
reports—all of them slightly dif-ferent—
to the administration, to
the board, to the students, to the
faculty, to the denomination, to
the bankers, to the government,
to the accrediting agencies.
I'm not sure that he will report
his steadiness when the air was
tense, or his optimism when the
obstacles seemed insurmounta-ble,
or his gentleness when he
interacted with his colleagues, or
his kindness when he talked
about those who appeared un-friendly,
or his helpfulness when
he answered the requests of
students and teachers.
While Graydon's professional
nature led him to full disclosure
about financial transactions, I
suspect that his unassuming na-ture
would keep him silent about
those personal strengths which
made him such a beloved figure
on the campus. He loved Bethel.
And Bethel loved him, too.
So, God, what Graydoq proba-bly
could never bring himself to
say to You we gladly affirm on his
behalf. We rejoice that You, by
whom all actions are weighed,
know Graydon's virtues even
better than we.
We thank You for giving him to
us as a gift of Your Spirit for these
past ten years. We thank You for
letting us see Christ alive itt a
comptroller.
We thank You for nudging us to
be better persons through Gray-don's
quiet example. We thank
You for the record of a life as well
as the records of a lifetime.
Graydon's accounting to You,
ultimately, will not rest upon his
personal achievements but upon
the finished work of Christ upon
the cross. But because of what
Graydon built upon that we are
sure that the work of this accoun-tant
will be approved in the final
audit and that You will certify
upon the first page of his last
report:
"Well done, good and faithful
servant; you have been faithful
over a little, I will set you over
much; enter into the joy of your
master!"
John Perkins schedule
Monday Chapel—"Let Justice Roll Down"
11:20-12 p.m.—luncheon Royal Oak Room
12:10-1:10 p.m.—"A Biblical Concept of Justice:
The Challenge for the Evangelical" FA 426
8 p.m.—"Living Christianity in an Unjust World"
Tuesday 8 a.m.-10 a.m. "What Does it Mean to be Poor and
Black?" in AC 334
Chapel—"A Christian Philosophy for Changing our
World"
1:55-3:30 p.m.—"The Christian as Change Agent" in
AC 334
Events Calendar
Friday, Feb. 17 Women's basketball at Concordia
(district playoffs)
Women's track at St. Olaf
Men's track at U of M
Movie, "The Sting" in gymnasium (8
p.m.)
Saturday, Feb. 18 Men's basketball vs. Hamline (7:30
p.m.)
M.I.A.C. wrestling meet at Concordia-
Moorhead (all day)
Women's basketball at Concordia
(district playoffs)
Men's track at U of M
Monday, Feb. 20 Washington's birthday
Men's basketball at Augsburg (7:30
P.m.)
Senior recital by Brian Holm and Tim
Blackburn at Seminary Chapel (8 p.m.)
AAES Convention at Radisson South.
Tuesday, Feb. 21 Men's track at Mankato (6 p.m.)
Student Senate meeting (6 p.m.)
AAES Convention at Radisson South
Wednesday, Feb. 22 AAES Convention at Radisson South
Thursday, Feb. 23 Women's basketball at Augsburg (State
Tournament)
AAES Convention at Radisson South
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ing of third and fourth world
representatives, and to evaluate
community language learning.
Three-member teams consis-ting
of a faculty member, inter-national
student and regular stu-dent
from 12 Twin Cities area
colleges and universities will
participate in structured exper-iences
in community language
learning under the direction of
Dr. Stevick.
The consultation picks up the
theme of a language course
conducted by Dr. Donald Larson,
professor of linguistics, during
January interim in which 16
students taught themselves
Greek. Without previous know-ledge
of any other language than
their mother tongue English, the
class was divided into small
groups and then given a para-graph
in Greek along with its
translation for study.
Next they received another
passage of Greek plus a tape
recorded reading of it and began
to work out their own translation.
During the month, Dr. Larson
and his assistant, Mrs. Lori
Steward, a Bethel graduate in
linguistics, came to the class for
continued on page 5
Consultation explores novel method
to strengthen language learning
AAES-NAE
convention to
provide forum
for schools
by Nancy Naumenko
The Radisson South will be the
scene of this year's AAES (Amer-ican
Association of Evangelical
Students) convention from Feb.
20 - 23. The convention, which
will be held in conjuction with
that of the NAE (National Associ-ation
of Evangelicals), will feature
such well-known speakers as
Oswald Hoffman and Festo
Kivengere.
The AAES, which is now
affiliated with the NAE, is a
representative body for over
25,000 students from 27 evan-gelical
colleges and universities
throughout the United States.
It's major purpose, according
to Chairman of the Board Chuck
Kern, "lies in its unique design: a
forum where Christian schools
can come together to combine
resources and unite behind an
evangelical front that would offer
a needed alternative perspective
to some of the contemporary
issues that face all students
today."
This is accomplished by taking
two primary directions of action,
within and without. Within—by
projects and services such as a
data bank, newsletters, and a
national convention to promote
better student government and
the study of mutual problems.
Without—by attempting to un-ify
that group to have a significant
impact and voice for evangelical
students on national issues such
as pornography and financial aid
cutbacks.
Attendance at the conference is
encouraged for all those students
interested in promoting stronger
evangelical student relations.
Any further information_ on the
sessions, as well as the work-shops,
may be obtained from
Bobbi Hersch (Treasurer of the
Association) or Jim Torgersen
(National Public Relations Chair-man).
A consultation to explore a new
approach to language learning
will be held at Bethel, Feb. 24-25,
to which professors and students
are invited.
Guest resource persons are Dr.
Earl Stevick of the School of
Languages, Foreign Service In-stitute,
U.S. Department of State,
and Dr. William Smalley, until
recently, Translation Consultant
with the -United Bible Society.
Goals of the consultation are to
expand and strengthen the role of
international students on college
campuses, to help regular stu-dents
increase their understand-by
David Shelley
By now the frenzy over the new tuition billing policy has surely
reached every Bethel ear in its crescendoing controversy. Apparently it
has touched an irritable spot, the college billfold.
The first rumors wrought shudders in the hearts of many, and some
irate activists went so far as to plot the seizure of the administration
building, only to remember in embarrassment that Bethel doesn't have
one.
When Dean Brushaber first explained the policy to me I scratched
down a series of arguments against such a move, but two lengthy
conferences with Dr. Nettleton dispelled most of those.
Would not this plan discourage extra-curricular 'activities vital to
Bethel life? No, I found out, because most of those now involved in
such activities are carrying full loads. Won't it hurt students who take
courses at the university or other schools? Possibly, but you can't
expect Bethel to build its program to encourage study at other schools.
I came out at a loss to find any strong arguments against such a
policy. I could pose "what about..." questions until Minnesota warms
over, but nothing really argues the point effectively.
Yet as I pondered further I realized that neither was I convinced of
any of the arguments in favor of the new policy. Follow the list of
"advantages" to this system as given in Dean Brushaber's statement.
It will lower total degree cost. Will it? If "normal degree progress"
is an average of 8.5 courses per year, then compare next year's set fee
of $2750 to the sum of $2762.50 (8.5 times the would-be per course fee
of $325). Is a $12.50 advantage really a solid argument?
No extra charge for interim will be made for students enrolled
full-time for at least one semester each year. Of course not, because
the semester fees are big enough to cover the interim cost.
Or, to look at it another way, the money you save on interim is lost in
that half credit you aren't taking when you average 8.5 a year (a full
load is nine a year). The only financial advantage here is to the student
who is enrolled for one of the two semesters, and that is not normal
degree progress.
Students may take 10 courses per year for the same cost as seven
courses. You could also say that students can take seven courses for the
cost of 10. The fact is, the cost is worth about 8.5 courses. Why should
we argue for the exceptional student who takes 10 courses and against
the exceptional student who takes seven?
Incidental fees such as student activities and physical education
components will be eliminated. But these only total about $20 a year for
the normal student. It's nice, I agree, but not much of an advantage,
even if you add that $12.50. It may help out students who take private
music lessons or such, but we aren't dealing with exceptions,
remember.
Billing, registration and financial aid procedures will be simplified.
That's fine, but I suppose the weight of that argument depends upon
how much we value it. To me, it seems a mere "fringe" benefit.
Bethel can return to a billing system that is standard in higher
education. When did this become important to Bethel, where we spend
so much time pointing out our unique aspects? It is also standard in
Christian higher education to require chapel attendance. It is standard
in secular higher education to disregard lifestyle.
Normal degree progress is encouraged. This must be the key. But I
have two problems with it. First, the new policy really doesn't
encourage the student to take a full load. It discourages him from
taking less than a full load. It is a negative rather than a positive
incentive, and there is a difference.
Secondly, the key question is, why? Why do we want to encourage
normal degree progress? Why is it better to take a full load? Why is it
better to graduate in four years?
May I make it clear, I am not taking a stand for or against this new
policy. I'm not sure why we shouldn't change, but neither am I sure we
should. I wish someone would make clear what is wrong with the
current system.
It all seems to hinge on our value of "normal degree progress," as
Bethel defines it. Why should we take a full load? Why is it better to
finish college in four years? Some clear and concrete answers to these
questions would help resolve some of the dissonance.
Bethel senior Brian Holm and junior Tim Blackburn will be
giving their joint senior recital Monday evening, Feb. 20 at 8
p.m. in the Seminary Chapel. _
Brian and Tim are both students of Gerard Sundberg, of
Bethel's voice faculty.
The program will include solos and duets by Handel,
Schubert, Tschaikovsky, Debussy, Vaughn Williams, and others.
The music department extends an invitation to the Bethel
Community to attend this recital and also the reception
following. There is no admission charge.
Monday Convention Schedule
8 a.m. Board meeting
7 p.m. Mingle
8 p.m. AAES reports
History of AAES
Current status
Goals of convention
Overview of NAE and related ministries
9:30 p.m. Common problem solving (small group discussion)
Tuesday
8 a.m. Morning atmosphere
8:15 a.m. Rules of order
Resolution committee appointment
9 a.m. Committee presentations
Policy
Projects
Public relations
12:15 p.m. Leave hotel (transportation provided)
1 p.m. Lunch at Northwestern College
2:30 p.m. Session with John Perkins, founder and president
of "Voice of Calvary" ministries, at Bethel.
5 p.m. Leave Bethel to return to hotel.
5:30 p.m. Dinner on your own.
7:30 p.m. NAE general session—Oswald Hoffman, president
of United Bible Societies.
10 p.m. Concert
Wednesday
8 a.m. Evangelical Foreign Missions—AAES joint session
9:30 a.m. NAE session—Timothy Smith, professor of history
at John Hopkins University.
10:45 a.m. Workshops—Session I (choose from five
workshops)
12:00 p.m. Workshops—Session II (choose from six
workshops)
1 p.m. Lunch on your own
2:30 p.m. Dr. Edward Pauley (vice president and academic
dean of Biola College) will be speaking to AAES
delegates.
4:15 p.m. Regional sessions and work on resolutions until
supper.
6 p.m. Supper break on your own
7:30 p.m. NAE general session—Festo Kivengere, bishop of
the Church of Uganda, member of the World
Council of Churches.
10 p.m. Koinonia—a time of fellowship for AAES
delegates
Thursday
8 a.m. Morning Atmosphere
8:15 a.m. Begin Business Session
Adopt resolutions, policies and projects for the
next year
Elect officers
9:30 a.m. NAE session—Dr. Ed Lindman, president of Whit-worth
College.
10:45 a.m. Resume business session
12:30 p.m. Luncheon with Higher Education Commission. Dr.
Kenneth Kantzer, editor-elect of Christianity To-day,
will be the speaker.
3 p.m. Closing devotional followed by meeting of the new
board of directors.
7 p.m. NAE Banquet—Mrs. Gladys Hunt, staff member .
of Inter-varsity, author of three books. Dinner is
optional. One may attend the closing session and
hear Mrs. Hunt's talk afterward at no cost.
General sessions are free of charge to the public. Daily charge
is $5.
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Miller play opens here March 2,
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brief but regular periods as
informants and as consultants,
only giving information as stu-dents
asked it of them.
"We gave them some English
words borrowed from Greek and
responded with yes or no, correct
or incorrect to their own formu-lations
of Greek sentences," Mrs.
Steward said. "The students got
just a small segment of the
language, but it was like a tough,
sticky little ball that new pieces
stuck to. Gradually they discov-ered
the rules of the whole."
Students themselves were both
amazed and thrilled at what they
accomplished and at their own
language development. "I learn-ed
a lot more Greek in a month
than I ever expected," one said.
Not only did the participants
gain knowledge of another langu-age
but also of themselves as
learners in a new situation.
In the same way that Dr.
Larson served as an informant in
this class situation, international
students, he believes, can serve
as an untapped resource to Amer-ican
students in language learn-ing.
"Instead of finding jobs for
them in maintenance or the
cafeteria," he said, "why not
give them campus employment as
language specialists in the areas
of their skills?"
The February 24-25 consulta-tion
will explore ways this can be
done. Interested observers may
call either Dr. Larson or Mrs.
Steward at 641-6332 for further
information about the sessions.
The department of theatre arts
will present Arthur Miller's play,
"All My Sons," on March 2-4 and
7-11, at 8 p.m. in the experi-mental
theatre.
This early play of Miller's had a
328 performance run on Broad-way
and received the Drama
Critics Circle Award for the ,best
American play of the 1947 season.
The play takes place after World
War II and deals with a family
burdened with guilt and loneli-ness.
Under tremendous emo-tional
strain they wrestle with
their responsibilities to each other
and to the society at large.
The play is directed by Assis-tant
Professor of Theatre Douglas
M. Briggs. His previous produc-tions
at Bethel include "The
Diary of Anne Frank," "Toad of
Toad Hall, "Romeo and Juliet,"
and this year's "Festival of
Christmas." His work has also
been seen at Northwestern Col-lege
("The Miracle Worker,"
"The Sound of Music," "Anasta-sia,"
and "The Sparrow") as well
as in local churches ("The Fable
of the Brementown Four").
The box office will accept reser-vations
Monday through Friday, 1
to 4 p.m., at 641-6247. Ticket
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Oratorio conveys
apostle's fervent life
by David Shelley
Bethel's College Choir will join
the Mount Olivet Lutheran senior
choir and a 40-piece orchestra,
primarily members of the Minne-sota
Orchestra, in presenting
Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio,
"Saint Paul."
The free concert, conducted by
Dr. Robert Berglund, will begin
at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 5, at
Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in
Minneapolis.
The oratorio, based on scrip-ture,
focuses on the life of the
apostle Paul, opening with Paul's
persecution of Christians, and
going through his conversion
experience, his commission as a
preacher and missionary, and his
service for Christ.
Mendelssohn gdve the work a
very dramatic musical setting,
Dr. Berglund describes, adding,
"What is more dramatic than
Paul's life and his conversion?"
"Mendelssohn shows Paul's
fervor in the first part," Berglund
said, "and shows how Paul
turned it around to use it for the
Lord."
"It is not only exciting musi-cally,"
the conductor said, "but it
is one of the rich spiritual
experiences available to us in
sacred choral literature. We hope
the Bethel community will not
only support us with its presence,
but come expecting to receive
something as well."
Dr. Berglund said the oratorio
was performed at Bethel by the
Festival Choir several years ago
and was so well received by the
student body that they determin-ed
to do it again.
Mount Olivet Lutheran seats
2800, but last year's performance
of the Brahms' requiem by the
same choirs filled the church.
Directions for getting to the
church will be posted on the
music bulletin board across from
the music office.
by Rick Drake
I could tell it was going to be a
good concert just by looking at the
audience. It was one of those
musically literate audiences that
only congregate when a great
performance is about to happen.
There was so much excitement in
the air that I could not calm
myself enough to read the pro-gram
notes. I never did all
evening.
I went to the Janet Wallace
Fine Arts Center last Sunday
evening to see and hear the
renowned Beaux Arts Trio. The
concert was the second of three in
the "Three of the World's Great
Chamber Music Ensembles" ser-ies
co-sponsored with The Schu-bert
Club and the New Friends of
Chamber Music.
Now in its 21st year, the trio
has been hailed on four conti-nents,
performing more than 3500
concerts throughout North and
Chapel Schedule
Monday—John Perkins,
"Voice of Calvary"
ministries
Tuesday—John Perkins
Wednesday—Rev. Warren -
Magnuson
Thursday—Roots:
Jonathon Edwards—Dr.
Piper
Friday—Roots: Charles
Finney—Dr. Jim
Johnson
music performance was! When
these musicians, each a soloist in
his own right, joined forces to
perform a single composition,
something happened that is far
greater than either a solo per-formance
or a conducted ensem-ble
performance. Not only was
there an abundance of solo pas-sages
demanding virtuoso tech-nique
and musicianship, but
there was incredible ensemble
achieved, no doubt through years
of practice and performance to-gether.
Part of the thrill of attending
this concert was being part of that
audience. The spontaneous out-burst
of applause that followed
each trio was insufficient means
of expressing our enjoyment of
each work. Following the Mozart
Trio, the applause brought the
three performers back onstage
two times before they could
remain back stage long enough to
get the music for the next trio.
Following the Ravel Trio, the
same gratitude was expressed.
However, following the final trio
in the program, the Brahms Trio,
the audience immediately jumped
to its feet for a standing ovation
which brought the Beaux Arts
Trio out six times before they
finally consented to play an
encore.
One thing is certain—that was
not the last chamber music per-formance
I will attend.
South America, Europe, Africa
and the Middle East. The prize
winning ensemble has recorded
for Philips all the Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven, Brahms, Mendels-sohn,
Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Op. 50,
Schubert and Dvorak trios. They
are at the top of every best-selling
classical list throughout the Uni-ted
States and Europe.
The trio, consisting of Mena-hem
Pressler, pianist, Isadore
Cohen, violinist, and Bernard
Greenhouse, cellist, performed
the Trio in B Flat Major, K. 502
by Mozart, the Trio in A Minor by
Ravel and the Trio in C Major,
Opus 87 by Brahms. The rich and
percussive sonorities of the Ravel
Trio contrasted the sheer ele-gance
of the Mozart Trio and the
warm romantic tone of the
Brahms Trio. These three trios
joined with a single movement of
a Dvorak trio, added as an encore,
made up a delightful program.
How intimate this chamber
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An unidentified Royal wrestler flattens out a Carleton wrestler In a meet on Feb. 4. The
team will visit Concordia-Moorhead tomorrow for the M.I.A.C. conference meet.
This tubing enthusiast attempts to break the jump record
of 27 feet.
Mt. Zion open on weekends
for tubing, sliding enthusiasts
Shaw's 'Misalliance' gains
momentum, worth seeing
Women tracksters begin
season with weak showing
by Dale Peterson
In the early 1900's, if one were
to place a Polish wonder woman,
a daring young pilot, a disap-pointed
socialist, and a smatter-ing
of well-bred English aristo-crats,
in the same English country
home for an evening, one would
have a misalliance. One would
also have the framework for the
Theatre in the Round's latest pro-duction
by George Bernard Shaw.
"Misalliance" is Shaw's com-mentary
on societal class struc-ture;
it is much less subtle than
"Pygmalion" (but then, what
isn't). And for some reason, it is
not as well known. One has the
play selecting committee of Thea-tre
in the Round to thank for
bringing it to the state once
again.
When the house lights are
raised for the first intermission
an audience member may be
inclined to wonder how it will ever
be possible to sit through two
more acts of such a slow-paced,
boring play.
But don't lose heart! Not only
are they possible to sit through,
they are rather enjoyable and
incredibly well done. One might
even wonder if he had acciden-tally
strayed into a different
theatre for acts two and three.
The first act begins slowly and
builds to a near halt. It is mostly
expository material which direc-tor
Mac Harris has paced much
too slowly. There are quite a few
redeeming features, though,
which tend to make the initial
boredom easy to take. Jerry Ion,
who plays Bentley Summerhays,
a spoiled little rich kid who usu-ally
throws a tantrum to get his
way, is excellent.
The initial scenes with Bentley
and Johnny Tarleton, played by
Joe Kudla, are enjoyable. The
comic timing on both actors' parts
is brilliant, if only those- scenes
weren't so short! Soon Bentley
and Johnny are joined by Michele
Delattre as Hypatia Tarleton. Her
voice is angelic; it has that rare
kind of appealing tone that one
could listen to for hours, if only
they didn't have to watch her.
Her movements throughout the
first act are clumsy and lacking in
motivation.
That trait is also possessed by
Harry Baxter, who plays the role
of Lord Summerhays. He walks
through the entire play with his
hands uncomfortably at his side
and his eyes nervously shifting
towards whatever character hap-pens
to be speaking at the time.
The initial boredom is really a
small price to pay for the sheer
enjoyment of the rest of the play.
At the end of the first act, a host
of interesting characters are in-troduced.
Mark Johnson, playing
Joey Percival, flies into a green-house
along with his passenger
Sandra Bucholtz as Lina Szcze-panowska
(say horse-church).
Both are vivacious and enter-taining.
Oscar Backlund as John
Tarleton is superb as the father of
the house and founder of Tarleton
underwear.
A high point of the show is the
performance given by Mark Kee-ly
as Gunner, Be succeeds a
number of times in drawing
applause for his brilliant timing
and line delivery.
Micliele, we find, has taken
movement lessons during inter-mission
and Harry Baxter now
has less lines. The pacing picks
up and one can relax and enjoy
the excellence of the script.
The set is well done and the
lighting is adequate. The music
played before the show and
during intermissions is well cho-sen
and truly fits the mood of the
play.
While it's not worth rushing
through dinner to make the
curtain, it certainly is worth
seeing "Misalliance" at Theatre
in the Round.
by Suzi Wells
For all tubing or sliding enthu-siasts,
Mt. Zion, located near
Bremer Field, is open on Friday
and Saturday nights from 7:30
' p.m. until midnight.
Freshman Paul Bjork and Kelly
Brandes operate the slopes for 50
cents a night, which includes tube
rental and tow rope fee. The
dynamite shack, heated with a
wood stove, • is also open, com-plete
with couches, for no extra
charge.
The tow rope on the hill
operates by car. Freshman Dave
Willet sold his 1970 Mercury
Montego for the operation. A
rope attatched to the rear hub cap
of the car runs the rope.
The rope includes a safety trip
in case of accidents, such as
scarfs getting caught under tubes
on the way up.
Group rates and special times
are available. Those with their
own tubes or other means of
sliding will only be charged 25
cents for the lift.
Paul said that jumping contests
are part of the fun at the hill. So
far, the record jump is 27 feet,
held by Kelly Brandes. Another
record was set last Saturday—a
chain of 14 intertubes.
The Campus Coordinators have
helped get this new activity
underway. With student input,
Mt. Zion has potential. "If we
start getting a lot of people, we'll
put more into it," Paul noted.
Mt. Zion will be open for snow
activities until the snow melts.
by Laura Woodruff
The women's track team start-ed
their fourth year off with a
co-ed triangular meet on Feb. 11.
The meet included St. Olaf, who
took first by scoring 63 points,
followed by the _University of
Wisconsin at River Falls with 55
points, and Bethel with only 8
points. The meet was held at St.
Olaf.
Even though Bethel scored few
points, Coach Shirley Dawson
was able to say, "I'm satisfied,"
about the meet. Two Bethel
indoor records were set: one by
Lynn Severson in the 60-yard
dash with a time of 7.38 seconds,
and the other was set by Bobbi
Hersch when she took fourth
place in the 880-yard run with a
time of 2 minutes and 29 seconds.
With a jump of 16' 3", Bobbi
Hersch got second in the long
jump. She also placed third in the
high jump by jumping 4' 10".
Jill Beuckens placed fifth in the
60-yard dash with a time of 8.3
seconds. In the mile run Denise
Egge had a 5:35 minute run, and
Brenda Harris, a 5:45 minute run,
placing them fifth and sixth,
respectively.
Tami McQuoid's time of 10.15
seconds in the 60-yard hurdles
earned her a fourth place. Egge
ran 300 yards in 41.9 seconds,
placing forth.
Brenda Harris ran a 880 in 2:33
minutes; a time that is 3 seconds
off the old record. Harris,
Hersch, Egge and Rita Glasscock
were three-tenths of a second
from the indoor record in the mile
relay with a time of 4:22.3.
Coach Dawson had only ten
women running, whereas St. Olaf
and River Falls each had twice as
many. She feels that River Falls is
a top-notch team, and that "St.
Olaf is a powerhouse." She
considers placing in an event
against those teams in an accom-plishment,
and that Bethel has
started the year off well.
Her only complaint is that the
team lacks depth, with only
fifteen members on the team (she
expects about five more women to
come out after the basketball
season is over). Even though the
team lacks depth there is quality.
Three runners that competed in
regionals last year are on the
team again this year.
On Friday and Saturday, Feb.
17 and 18, Bethel will compete in
the Northwestern open at the
University of Minnesota.
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Bethel was never able to
wrestle a full team, which was a
contributing factor in many of
their losses this season.
"It's been a frustrating sea-son,"
said Coach Dave Klost-reich,
"but I have to commend
the kids who stuck it out and
showed a lot of spirit. We would
have had a much better team if all
the weight classes had been
filled," he added. Six of the
wrestlers will see action once
more tomorrow at the MIAC
conference meet at Concordia-
Moorhead. Augsburg is favored
in the tournament in which nine
other teams are competing.
"Our goal is to place as many
as we can," said Klostreich, "but
lack of experience will make it
difficult for some to place." Four
places are given out in each
weight class.
Klostreich feels Gary Peterson
has an excellent chance of fin-ishing
first or second in the meet,
and Lonnie Holmgren will also
probably finish high. Teamwise,
the coach would be satisfied with
finishing in the middle of the nine
teams competing.
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Lori Hallquht blocks a shot In a recent home game.
Cross-country ski race was an afternoon event of Bethel's annual Sno Daze festivities.
Thinclads open season at St. Olaf
Tenacious defense, fast break
offense aid women to victory
by Steve Erickson
Employing a tenacious 1-3-1
defense and a fast-break offense,
the women's basketball team
defeated St. Theresa's 57-27 and
Hamline 57-37 last week. These
wins stretched its winning streak
to five games.
On Wednesday, Bethel jumped
out to a 19-0 lead before St.
Theresa's got its first basket 12
minutes into the game. Numerous
fast-break baskets increased the
Royal's lead to 34-11 at the half.
Things changed little in the
second half as Coach Kathy
Nevins substituted freely among
her players. Although St.
Theresa's put together a string of
ten straight points, this did not
put much of a dent in Bethel's
lead.
Cindi Ramm led a balanced
scoring attack with nine points.
On Thursday, the Royals again
took a quick lead and stayed on
top throughout the contest. They
led 35-12 at half time. Hamline
attempted a comeback in the
second period but was no match
for the quicker, taller Bethel
team.
Ramm and Katie Miller each
tallied nine points for the victors.
"We were a faster team than
both St. Theresa's and Hamline.
We were able to run fast breaks
and a lot of points were scored off
them," said Nevins.
"I'm a defensive coach," she
continued. "We've kept teams
fairly low but in some of the
games that we've lost, we haven't
scored too many points. The
chronic problem we have is
turnovers."
"I like to win but I also like to
be in situations where everyone
plays. That's good because we
by Jon Fredrickson
Last Saturday was the start of
the I.M. basketball league that
will run until March 11 when the
regular season ends and the play-offs
begin.
The 26 teams that are compet-ing
are split into two leagues
depending on the ability of the
team. The "A" league is called
the Stuffs and Swish, the "B"
league is called the Hackers and
Trippers for obvious reasons.
Along with the unusual names
for the divisions there are some
don't have a junior varsity," said
Nevins.
Bethel's record is 11-5. Teams
in Minnesota ae separated into
two districts, the north and south.
Bethel is seeded number eight in
the north district, the tougher of
the two.
Tonight the Royals play St.
Thomas in the first round of
district. If they win on the
number one seed, they will play
St. Catherine's tomorrow.
unusual team names like the
Weight Room Woosies, True
Grunt, Swedish Fly Girls Revisi-ted,
and the Beef Jerky.
Last Saturday's action started
at 9 a.m. and went until around 2
p.m. The games were watched by
small but excited crowds.
All the games were close
except for the game between the
two movies, Star Wars and Swe-dish
Fly Girls, where the Fly Girls
won by the score of 85-36.
Saturdays high scorers were
Greg Thom 25, Dave Hepburn 24,
Mark Norlander 23, Dave Ekert
22, and Tim Traudt.
I.M. basketball teams
begin open league season
Oles hand cagers
eighth MIAC loss
by Lisa Mills
The men's track team found
itself up against some stiff com-petition
as they faced River Falls
and St. Olaf last Saturday at the
St. Olaf meet. St. Olaf took first
with a total of 80, River Falls
came in with 46, and Bethel just
following with 44.
A winner in the running events,
where Bethel's strength seemed to
be, was Nate Allen taking first
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in the 60-yd. dash with a time of
6.4. Nate won the 300 at a time of
32.9, which qualified him for the
NAIA indoor meets.
Curt Brown won both the
440-yd. run at 51.9 and the
600-yd. run at 1:16.1. Curt qual-ified
for the NAIA indoor meets at
the Duluth meet two weeks ago.
Dave Clapp took second in the
880 in the time of 1:57.7, and ran
the 1,000 in a time of 2:16 to
qualify him for the NAIA indoor.
Bethel also won the mile relay,
because St. Olaf was disqualified
for stepping out of its lane, at a
time of 3:32.2.
Coach Gene Glader comment-ed,
"We had our strength in the
running events, but were very
weak in the field events, which
hurt us." In stating his expecta-tions
for the season, Glader
remarked, "If we stay free of
injuries we'll do well." He added,
"We don't really have the depth
we need, but we're cautiously
optimistic."
by Greg Kuntz
The Oles of St. Olaf dominated
the boards and handed the Bethel
cagers their eighth conference
loss against 3 wins, 94-80 at
Northfield last Saturday night.
"We took more shots than they,
did, but they got second shots on
the rebounds," said Coach Jim
Bragg.
The Oles were no slouch at the
free-throw line either by sinking
.24 of 32. The Royals sunk 12 of 15
for a higher percentage than the
hosts. But Bethel, down by only
six points with just under a
minute to play, was forced to
commit several personal fouls to
regain possession of the ball.
Ole guard Craig Fitzsimmons
and forward Bruce Govig paced
the winners with 21 and 20 points
respectively, while Dave Blanch-ard
and "Sugar Ray" Miller
poured in 21 and 18 respectively.
The game was close most of the
first half, but the 6'8" rebound-ing
machine of Dave Anderson
and Phil Meyers continued to
dominate, forcing the Royals to
the outside shot. Bethel trailed at
the intermission 43-36. Anderson
ended up with 17 points, and
Meyers scored 16.
"St. Olaf didn't look as good as
when we played them at home,
(another high scoring contest,
99-91) "but their 52-36 edge in
the rebounding department
coupled with the free throws
clobbered us," said Bragg.
The Royals will play the Ham-line
Pipers at home tomorrow
night, and will travel to Augsburg
in Minneapolis Monday night to
face the Auggies for the second
time this season. Both games will
begin at 7:30 p.m.
Forfeits continue
to hamper efforts
of Royal grapplers
by Carol Madison
Bethel wrestling suffered two
more losses in their season finale
at the Gustavus Triangular last
weekend. They were over-whelmed
by St. Thomas 46-9, but
actually out-wrestled Gustavus in
the 32-25 loss to them.
Conference contender St.
Thomas allowed Bethel only nine
points on a pin by Dave Fuller at
118, and a 4-1 decision by Gary
Peterson.
An 18-point forfeit was the
difference in the defeat by Gusta-vus.
Jim Schultz and Gary Peter-son
both won by falls, and Lonnie
Holmgren won his match 18-6.
Greg Heinsch wrestled to a 2-2 tie
in his match. Bethel wrestled
well, but could not make up for
the loss in the weight classes that
were not filled.
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